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Covid-19: F.D.A. to Authorize Pfizer Vaccine for Adolescents by Early Next Week
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New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will let most businesses fully reopen in mid-May and New York City will return to 24-hour subway service. But the virus continues to rage across the world: A lack of oxygen has led to a wave of deaths in India on Sunday.
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Thomas Gregory, 16, received a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in Worcester, Mass., in April.Credit.Joseph Prezioso/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
Only 8 Black Students Are Admitted to Stuyvesant High School
Once again, tiny numbers of Black and Latino students received offers to attend New York City’s elite public high schools.
Only eight Black students received offers to Stuyvesant High School, considered one of New York City’s most competitive public schools, this year.Credit.Kevin Hagen for The New York Times
April 29, 2021
After a year in which the pandemic shined a harsh spotlight on the stark inequities in New York City’s school system, the city announced Thursday that, once again, only tiny numbers of Black and Latino students had been admitted into top public high schools. The numbers represent the latest signal that efforts to desegregate those schools while maintaining an admissions exam are failing.
Conservative Parent Groups Working to Reclaim Schools from Leftists
A group of American conservatives established a national grassroot organization, Parents Defending Education, to fight left-wing indoctrination in the classroom. Neily, a civil rights advocate, and Asra Nomani, a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal, were among the leader. The group’s objective is to “reclaim our schools from activists imposing harmful agendas.”
“In recent years activists have targeted public, private, and charter schools across the country with a campaign to impose toxic new curriculums and to force our kids into divisive identity groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, and gender. Many schools have already embraced this model, and many more are preparing to embrace it,” the organization posted on its website.
Covid-19 News: All U.S. States Are Now Offering Vaccines to Teachers
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March 24, 2021, 7:47 a.m. ETMarch 24, 2021, 7:47 a.m. ET
The C.D.C. says vaccinated people may meet indoors in small, private groups but warns they still need masks in public. New York City public high schools are scheduled to reopen on March 22.
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A nurse administering a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on Monday at a clinic for Catholic school educators in Los Angeles.Credit.Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
As of Monday, all K-12 educators nationwide are officially eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19, though the situation is more straightforward in some states than others.